Elliot Kang
Elliot Kang
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Welcome to my website!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Michigan. I am on the job market for the 2024-25 academic year.
Research Interests: International Trade, Environmental Economics, Spatial Economics, Macroeconomics
Email: emkang@umich.edu
My CV is available here.
Working Papers
Global Fisheries: Quantifying the Externalities from Open Access (Job Market Paper) (Latest version: November 2024)
Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective (Latest version: August 2025) (Coverage: TradeTalks)
with Farid Farrokhi, Heitor Pellegrina, and Sebastian Sotelo
Playing with Blocs: Quantifying Decoupling (Latest version: October 2024) (In preparation for the EC-CEPR-JIE conference on “Global Shocks, Macroeconomic Spillovers and Geopolitical Risks” and the NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics)
with Barthélémy Bonadio, Zhen Huo, Andrei Levchenko, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, Hiroshi Toma, and Petia Topalova
Work in progress
Aggregate Productivity and Spatial Sorting
Did High Speed Trains Promote Local Economic Activities?: Evidence from the Korea Train Express
with Hyunjoo Yang and Kanghyock Koh
Pre-doctoral Publication
Generation Uphill: Housing Cost, Migration, and Commuting Time of the Young in South Korea
with Chulhee Lee, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 35, No.1, Feb 2022, 1-31.
Is there Regional Inequality in Medical Accessibility of the Severely Injured? Application of Driving Time Data in South Korea
with Hyunjoo Yang, Min Gyeong Kim, and Kanghyock Koh, Journal of Market Economy, Vol. 49, No.1, Feb 2020, 1-29 .
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